Clothes-hanging apparatus.



No. 696,234 I Patented Mar, 25, I902 m. H. sonusmu. CLOTHES HANGING APPARATUS.

(No Model.)

(Application filed May 8, 1901.)

WITNESSES v M; A TTOHNEYS Uni-ran seam MiCHAEL i-hGGRNSTON, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

QLGTE-iES HANGING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 696,234, dated March 25, 1902.

Application filed May 8,1901- To all/z whom it may concern.-

' a citizen of the United States, residing in New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the State of represents a side elevation New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Hanging Appa ratus, of which the iollowi ng is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in apparatus for hanging up clothes fordrying; and the object ofthe invention is to provide an improved. coristruciionof apparatus by which the clothes may be hung upon the full length of the line from one point;

The invention'consists in the combination, in a clothes-hanging apparatus,of a U-shaped suspension-frame, a shait supported vertically thereby, a grooved pulley on said shaft, the lower flange of said pulley extending beyond the adjacent leg of the suspension-frame, a clothes-line adapted to run over said pulley, and clothes-pins on said line, each pin being composed of a rounded head and two arms projecting from said head and forming a slot between the same of less diameter than said rope and terminating at its inner end in a circular enlargement of approximately the same diameter as the rope, whereby shoulders are formed at the junction of theslot and enlargement.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 of a clothes-line with my improved pulley. Fig. 2 is a detail side view of my improved pulley, showing the passage of the clothesdinc over the same. Fig. 3 is a plan View of Fig. 2, Figs. 2 and 3 being drawn on a larger scale than Fig. 1; and Fig. 4 is a side view of my improved clothespin. i

Similar lettersof reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a clothesline of the ordinary style. The clothesline is suspended from a pulley B of the 0rdinary construction at the window from which the clothes are attached to the line. The opposite or distant pulley (J, which is secured to a pole or other suitable support I, is providcd with a lower ilangc (Z of larger diameter than the upper flange of the pulley and supported on a stationary shal't (1., thatis attached to a U-shaped pulley-frame, of which the lower leg (i is made shorter, so as to be suspending clothes for drying Serial No. 59,324 No modehl within the diameter of the pulley C, while the upper leg d is made longer and provided with an eye 2 at its outer end for being attached to the hook her other suspension device of the pole P. The clothes are suspended on the clothes-line A by means of clothes-pins D, the heads of said pins being slightly rounded 01?, so as to reduce the friction of the same with the pulley. The arms of the pin form a slot 6 of less diameter than the rope. This slot terminates at its inner end in a circular enlargement of approximately the same diameter as the rope, as shown, thereby forming shoulders at the junction of the slotted and enlarged portions and reliably scouring the pin to the rope, so that it does not become detached therefrom when passing over the pulley.

Nhen hanging up clothes on my improved clothes-line, they are hung in the usual manner, the clothes-line being moved in either direction while hanging up the clothes. When one half of the line has been filled with clothes, the motion of the line is continued, so that the other half of the line is used for therefrom. This is accomplished by the passage of the line and clothes around the flanged pulley at the distant end of the line, the clothes-pins tilting on the line when passing over the flanged lower'part of the pulley in the posi-' tion shown in Fig'. 2, so that the clothes-line, clothes-pins, and clothes can pass around the circumference of the pulley, the clothes-pins righting themselves as soon as the pulley C is passed. Owing to the-construction of the Inns, readily conducted around the distant pulley 0 without the pins becoming'released from the line, so as to drop the clothes. This is accomplished by the readytilting of'the pins on the lower larger flange of the pulley, which permits the pins to move in contact with the circumference of the pulley without the liability of liberating the clothes pins and clothes from the line. When both'lengths of the line are filled with clothes, the clothes are permitted to dry. After the drying is accomplished the clothes-line is moved in the opposite direction until the clothes arrive again at the house end of the clothes-line, where the clothes are gradually removed from the line until they are all taken off. The spring snap which is exerted by the arms of the pins at the enlarged end of the slot on the clothes and the line permits the tilting of the clothes-' pins while passing around the pplley without their being liable of loosening their connection with the line, serving to permit the tilting of the pins until they have passed the pulley, when they will right themselves again by the weight of the clothes on the same.

By myconstruction the clothes-line can be hung along its full length with clothes, which are readily passed around the distant pulley while hanging up as well as while taking down claim as new and desire to secure by Letters shaft supported vertically thereby, a grooved pulley on said shaft, the lower flange of said pulley extending beyond the adjacent leg of the suspension-frame, a clothes-line adapted to run oversaid pulley, and clothes-pins on said line, each pin being composed ofa rounded head, and two arms projecting from said head and forming a slot between the same of less diameter than said rope and terminating at its inner end in a circular enlargement of appro 'imately the same diameter as said rope, whereby shoulders are formed at the junction of the slot and enlargement, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence of two-subscribing witnesses.

MICII AEL ll. GORNSTON. 

